Alba concludes Line 6 Front End Engineering Design (FEED) study

<p>Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), the Bahrain-based aluminium smelter, announces that the optimization process of Line 6 Expansion Project has been concluded with the completion of the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) study in the first quarter of 2017.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/alba%20smelter.jpg" alt="News" width="517" height="226" /></p> <p>The FEED Study was led by International Bechtel Co. Ltd. (Bechtel) which was appointed as the Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Management (EPCM) Contractor for Line 6 Expansion Project in mid-April 2016. The FEED study was conducted in Bahrain with the deployment of Bechtel&rsquo;s core team and key personnel in Line 6 Project offices at the Alba site and was supported with a larger engineering and procurement team based in its New Delhi office.</p> <p>{googleAdsense}</p> <p>Speaking on this milestone, Alba&rsquo;s Chairman of Board of Directors Shaikh Daij Bin Salman Bin Daij Al Khalifa said:</p> <p>&ldquo;Line 6 Expansion Project is no longer a blue-print, but a reality.&nbsp;</p> <p>We are very pleased with advancing Line 6 Expansion Project and expediting the construction phase to be on schedule.&rdquo;</p> <p>With the completion of the FEED study, many value-added initiatives were identified which in turn will optimize the safe delivery of Line 6 Expansion Project on schedule and within the budget.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>